WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders has leapt to the defence of heavyweight king Tyson Fury after a series of bizarre tweets.
The 28-year-old has hit out at cocaine rumours, announced his retirement, taken back said retirement and even changed his Twitter handle to Tysonmontana briefly, a reference to the ficitional drug lord, Tony Montana in Scarface.
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